Blackboard Tree vs Honolulu Cyanea

Alstonia scholaris compared with Cyanea acuminata

Key Differences

• Blackboard Tree is Least Concern while Honolulu Cyanea is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackboard Tree	Honolulu Cyanea
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Cnidaria (Cnidarians)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Scyphozoa (Scyphozoa)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Semaeostomeae (Semaeostomeae)
Family	Apocynaceae	Cyaneidae
Genus	Alstonia	Cyanea
Species	Alstonia scholaris	Cyanea acuminata

Conservation Status

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

Honolulu Cyanea

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackboard Tree	Honolulu Cyanea
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blackboard Tree

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Micronesia, Taiwan, and United States.

Honolulu Cyanea

Blackboard Tree

The Blackboard Tree (Alstonia scholaris) is a species in the genus Alstonia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.